Programme Producers, distributors and audiences of European crime narratives 2019 Conference Aalborg University September 30 – October 2 Venue Kroghstræde 3 Aalborg What is DETECt? The research project DETECt – Detecting Transcultural Identity in Euro- pean Popular Crime Narratives (2018-21) – addresses the formation of Eu- ropean cultural identity as a continuing process of transformation fos- tered by the mobility of people, products and representations across the continent. Because of the extraordinary mobility of its products, popular culture plays a decisive role in circulating representations that constitute a shared cultural asset for large sectors of the European society. The project examines examples of crime fiction, film and TV dramas from 1989 to present, to learn how mobility strategies such as co-production, serialization, translation, adaptation, distribution, and more, have influ- enced the transnational dissemination of European popular culture. It also investigates how the treatment of specific ‘mobile signifiers’— including representation of gender, ethnic and class identities — affect the ability of European narratives to migrate outside their place of origin, and be appropriated elsewhere in different and variegated ways. Researching the contemporary history of the crime genre in Europe, DETECt aims to iden- tify the practices of production, distribution and consumption that are best suited to facilitate the emergence of engaging representations of Europe’s enormously rich, plural and cross-cultural identity. The knowledge acquired through a detailed research programme will be used in cultural, learning and public engagement initiatives designed to prompt the elaboration of new transnational formats for the European creative industries. These activities will profit from a set of experimental research and learning resources and innovative collaborative tools, aggre- gated and organized on DETECt Web portal. For further information: http://www.detect-project.eu/. Organizers Kim Toft Hansen, Aalborg University ([email protected]) Cathrin Bengesser, Aarhus University ([email protected]) Lynge Stegger Gemzøe, Aalborg University ([email protected]) Pia Majbritt Jensen, Aarhus University ([email protected]) Anne Marit Waade, Aarhus University ([email protected]) Conference advisory board Jacques Migozzi, University of Limoges Valentina Re, Link Campus University of Rome Anna Keszeg, University of Debrecen Stefano Baschiera, Queen’s University Belfast Conference Programme Overview Plenary sessions Parallel sessions Activities Room 1.104 Odd panel numbers, room 1.111 Even panel numbers, room 1.121 Monday, 30 September Tuesday, 1 October Wednesday, 2 October 08:30-09:00 09:00-10:00 Keynote panel Sue Turnbull Registration (University of Wollongong) with coffee Anna Estera Mrozewicz (outside 1.104) (Adam Mickiewickz University) Gunhild Agger (Aalborg University) Bus trip to Aarhus 10:00-10:15 Welcome Break 10:15-11:15 Launch and testing of Keynote by Andrea Esser DETECt Aarhus App (University of Roehampton) 9. Investigating Reception Universal dispositions & cultural See separate programme 10. Crime Scene Hungary specificity: The transnational ap- peal of contemporary crime series Lunch included 11:15-11:45 Coffee break Coffee break 11:45-12:45 1. Crime Scene France 11. Crime Scene Germany 2. Investigating European 12. Investigating HBO & Netflix Transculturalism I 12:45-13:45 Lunch Lunch 13:45-14:45 Keynote by Annette Hill Keynote by Robert Saunders 3. Crime Scene Britain (Lund University) 4. Investigating Mediterranean The Political Culture(s) of Euro- Noir I: Italy Roaming Audiences: pean Crime Fiction: Place, Power, The Case of The Bridge Identity 14:45-15:00 Short break 15:00-16:00 Launch of DETECt Portal Industry panel 7. Investigating Gender & Katrine Vogelsang (TV 2) & Conference Recap Ethnicity Hanne Palmquist (HBO Europe) 8. Investigating European with Monica dell’Asta, Trin Hjortkjær Thomsen Transculturalism II Ilaria Bartolini, Cathrin Bengesser (Nordisk Film) and Federico Pagello 16:00-16:30 Coffee break Sum-up and goodbye bubbles 16:30-17:30 Keynote by Jan Arnald 5. Investigating Mediterranean (Arne Dahl) Noir II: Turkey & Spain 6. Crime Scene Europe Finding a Voice for Europe through Crime Fiction Break End of 19:00 Conference 20:00 Screening of DNA (2019) Conference dinner (starts at 20:00) (starts at 19:00) presented by Trin Hjortkjær Mortens Kro Thomsen, producer of DNA Mølleå 4, 9000 Aalborg Rendsburggade 14, auditorium 3.107. Keynote speakers and plenary sessions September 30 ___________________________ Morning keynote talk Evening TV screening 10:15-11:15 starts at 20:00 Andrea Esser DNA (2019) (episodes 1-2) Professor of Media and Globalization, Roehampton Univer- sity Presented by Trin Hjortkjær Thomsen (producer, Nordisk Film Production A/S) Universal dispositions and cultural specificity: The trans- national appeal of contemporary crime series Context: Chair: Kim Toft Hansen “In the eight part series, Anders W. Berthelsen plays Rolf Larsen, once a respected criminal investigator at the CPH Police, who lost his daughter in a tragic accident. Rolf is devastated from grief, but soon it turns out that Afternoon industry panel the National DNA register has a system failure. New in- 15:00-16:00 formation brings him hope that his daughter might be alive, and an unauthorised investigation leads Rolf on Producing European Television Crime Dramas the trail of a case of illegal child trafficking. Katrine Vogelsang Nordisk Film producer Trin Hjortkjær Thomsen said: “DNA is a character-driven crime thriller, rooted into the Head of fiction, TV 2 Denmark contemporary European context. It’s also a human story – and not just Rolf’s, which drives the investigation and Hanne Palmqvist is our entry point into the series’ broader themes.“ Commissioning Editor & VP, Original Programming, HBO Nordic Film & TV Fund, Europe February 28, 2019 Trin Hjortkjær Thomsen Venue: CREATE, Rendsburggade 14, Aalborg, auditorium 3.107. Producer, Nordisk Film Production A/S Chair: Kim Toft Hansen October 1 ___________________________ Afternoon keynote talk Afternoon keynote talk 13:45-14:45 16:30-17:30 Annette Hill Jan Arnald (Arne Dahl) Professor at Media and Communication Studies, Lund Uni- Novelist, literary critic versity Title: Title: Finding a Voice for Europe through Crime Fiction Roaming Audiences: The Case of The Bridge Chair: Katarina Gregersdotter Chair: Pia Majbritt Jensen October 2 ___________________________ Morning keynote panel Afternoon keynote talk 09:00-10:00 13:45-14:45 Nordic Noir and its European Context Robert A. Saunders Professor of History, Politics and Geography, Sue Turnbull State University of New York Senior professor of Communication and Media, University of Wollongong Title: Walking in Andri’s Footsteps: Trapped, ‘White Noir’, and the Ice- The Political Culture(s) of European Crime landic Crime Scene. Fiction: Place, Power, Identity Chair: Lynge Stegger Gemzøe Anna Estera Mrozewicz Associate Professor of Scandinavian Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University ‘Feel-bad’ Euro Noir: Imagining Europe from its eastern periphery through geopolitical location and plot in The Border/Wataha Gunhild Agger Professor emerita of Danish Media History, Aalborg University Crime in service of a higher cause – The Left Wing Gang Chair: Anne Marit Waade Parallel sessions September 30 ___________________________ 1. Crime Scene France 2. Investigating European 11:45-12:45 Transculturalism I Chair: Löic Artiaga 11:45-12:45 Jacques Migozzi Chair: Andy Lawrence University of Limoges Lynge Stegger Gemzøe "French polar Ltd."? Two decades of crime fiction im- Aalborg University port/export observed from France National Anchorage and Banal Diversity in Trans-European Crime Dramas Natacha Levet University of Limoges Cathrin Bengesser The role of institutions in Euronoir circulation and its cul- Aarhus University tural hybridizations Co-producing narratives of solidarity between old & new Europe: The Last Panthers Lucie Amir University of Limoges Nikos Filippaios, Christos Dermenzopoulos, Lampros Where are the "docks" of crime fiction? The "Quais du polar" Flitouris international crime fiction festival on the boundaries of the University of Ioannina French national space Integrating the Nordic noir in the modern Greek culture: the case of Vagelis Giannisis 3. Crime Scene Britain 5. Investigating Mediterranean Noir II: 13:45-14:45 Turkey & Spain 16:30-17:30 Chair: Markus Schleich Chair: Valentina Re Anna Tous-Rovirosa Andrew Pepper and Brian Greenspan Autonomous University of Barcelona Queen’s University Belfast and Carleton University Spanish TV police genre Tailing Rebus: Adapting a Best-Selling Detective Novel for Locative Mobile Media Ayşegül Kesirli Unur Istanbul Bilgi University Eve Bennett New Wave of Turkish Police Procedurals Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3 Power, Profits and Paranoia: The TV Corporate Conspiracy Stefano Baschiera & Markus Schleich Queen’s University Belfast Narrative in Britain and Beyond The territorialisation of Isla Minima: production, promo- tion and distribution of the Spanish True Detective 4. Investigating Mediterranean Noir I: Italy 6. Crime Scene Europe 13:45-14:45 16:30-17:30 Chair: Dominique Jeannerod Chair: Christos Dermenzopoulos Luca Barra Dominique Jeannerod University of Bologna Queen’s University Belfast Distorting Mirrors: The Complex Lives Abroad of Italian & European Dead Zones: Nordic Noir, Stylisation and Hetero- European TV Crime Dramas topia in French-Belgian TV Series Valentina